Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut hit out at the Maharashtra government for bringing NCP leader Ajit Pawar back as the Deputy Chief Minister. He said, "Who has given the clean chit to Ajit Pawar? Which court has absolved him of charges? Who has investigated the matter? He himself claims to be innocent. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan will have to respond to this. I feel that the CM struck a deal ...
11:58 AM, Dec 07, 2012
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, who had resigned as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra over the irrigation scam, was re-inducted into the state Cabinet as he took oath on Friday morning at the Governor's residence in Mumbai. ...
09:40 AM, Dec 07, 2012
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, who had resigned as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra over the irrigation scam, will be re-inducted into the state Cabinet and take oath on Friday. Pawar will be taking oath at 9:30 am on Friday at the Governor's residence. ...
08:09 AM, Dec 07, 2012
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, who had recently resigned as the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra over the irrigation scam, will be re-inducted into the state Cabinet on Friday morning. ...
07:20 PM, Dec 06, 2012
A day after fter voting with the Congress in Lok Sabha, its ally NCP has now opposed FDI in retail in Maharashtra. Former Maharashtra Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan demanding safeguards first for farmers and retailers. ...
10:44 AM, Dec 06, 2012
Opposition BJP on Monday demanded that former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and Water Resources Minister Sunil Tatkare be booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act and an SIT probe be launched against them for their alleged role in the irrigation scam. ...
09:34 PM, Dec 03, 2012
The White Paper on irrigation projects, which was tabled in the Cabinet on Thursday, has virtually given a clean chit to former irrigation minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar. Following, which the party is demanding Pawar's re-induction in the Cabinet. He had resigned from the post of deputy chief minister of Maharashtra after his name came up in the irrigation scam. ...
09:08 AM, Nov 30, 2012
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday said that the White Paper on the irrigation scam in the state has been tabled in the Cabinet. The Maharashtra Chief Minister said that the White Paper gives details of all irrigation projects under the corporations. ...
10:00 PM, Nov 29, 2012
The much awaited white paper on the Irrigation scam will be submitted before the Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday. Sources say the water resources ministry has countered charges of corruption in irrigation projects by listing project-wise reasons for cost overruns and delays. ...
08:48 AM, Nov 29, 2012
A white paper on the Maharashtra Irrigation scam will be submitted in the state cabinet on Thursday. Sources say the Water Resources Ministry has countered charges of corruption in irrigation projects by listing project wise reasons for cost overruns and delays. ...
11:11 PM, Nov 28, 2012
New Delhi: The proposal over late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's memorial at Shivaji Park in Mumbai has led to a controversy. While Shiv Sena leaders have demanded that Bal Thackeray's memorial should be built at Shivaji Park, Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has opposed the move. Sharad Pawars Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has also supported the proposal but the Congress has not cleared its stand. The face off between...
12:16 PM, Nov 23, 2012
Mumbai: Appealing for restrain over the debate on erecting a memorial for his late father and Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, party executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said, the decision in this regard will be taken by lakhs of Sainiks. "This is not the time to argue on the issue of memorial. A tragedy has befallen the Thackeray family and the extended family of Shiv Sena has not recovered...
07:50 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee president Manikrao Thakre on Monday said that a conducive atmosphere for a cordial alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party is impossible without the latter's co-operation. "We expect the other side (NCP) also to reciprocate in the same manner," Thakre said, when asked about Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's recent statement that the Congress-NCP alliance will continue for the 2014 assembly as well as Lok Sabha elections,...
12:34 AM, Nov 13, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who recently completed two years in the office, on Sunday said the Congress and NCP alliance in the state would continue in the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in 2014. "There is no bitterness left between us. It was there only at the time of local bodies elections. We will have to work together as colleagues in Maharashtra, and in Delhi," Chavan said. Lack...
03:56 AM, Nov 12, 2012
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government on Wednesday decided to provide three additional subsidised LPG cylinders to those with an annual income of less than Rs 1 lakh. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting. The three subsidised cylinders will be in addition to the six cylinders to be provided by the Centre. The central government has put a cap on the number of subsidised cylinders at six. Congress had asked...
09:36 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Mumbai: Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra's former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday said everything was hunky dory between him and Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. "There were never any differences between us," Pawar, who had recently launched a veiled attack on the chief minister, claimed at an award function. "Everything is fine between us," he claimed. Pawar said that he and Chavan were together and there...
09:35 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Shillong: Former union minister of state for rural development Agatha K. Sangma of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Monday expressed her discontent with the manner in which she was "dropped" from the council of ministers, ahead of the Sunday reshuffle. On Saturday evening, a communique from the Rashtrapati Bhavan stated that President Pranab Mukherjee had accepted the resignation of seven union ministers, including Agatha Sangma, based on the advice of...
11:47 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Pune: A steely resolve to fight cancer ultimately saw NCP supremo Sharad Pawar emerging triumphant in his battle against the deadly disease, which had also caused turbulence in his political career. "I got cured of cancer because of a strong will to fight the disease. If I had given up the fight and stopped working, cancer would have won," Pawar said in an informal chat with reporters at the two-day...
10:56 AM, Oct 21, 2012
Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Saturday said he has recommended the name of his party spokesman Tariq Anwar for a ministerial post in the proposed Cabinet reshuffle at the Centre. "In response to the Prime Minister's suggestion to submit name for the proposed reshuffle, I have recommended the name of Tariq Anwar on behalf our party," he told reporters in Pune. Pawar said the number of...
07:12 PM, Oct 20, 2012
New Delhi: In a major political development, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Saturday announced that he would not contest elections any more. The veteran Maharashtra politician, however, said that he would continue to lead his party. This comes even as the NCP chief has refuted allegations in connection with the Lavasa land deal scam, insisting that the land on which Lavasa has been...
04:28 PM, Oct 20, 2012
